Tag: gas
Dispute over Nord Stream 2: endurance test for the traffic light government
Berlin, Brussels The “Foundation for Climate and Environmental Protection MV” has committed itself to “common good-oriented tasks”. What she means by this can be found on her homepage. For example,…
Dispute over Nord Stream 2: endurance test for the traffic light government
Berlin, Brussels The “Foundation for Climate and Environmental Protection MV” has committed itself to “common good-oriented tasks”. What she means by this can be found on her homepage. For example,…
Other utilities in Great Britain insolvent
gas The rising energy prices are not only noticeable among consumers. Many utilities go bankrupt. (Photo: dpa) London As a result of the sharp rise in gas prices, two other…
After Electricity, Natural Gas Will Come to a ‘Graduated Tariff’
The gradual tariff application in electricity, which was on the agenda the other day and is currently on the agenda of the Parliament, seems to come to natural gas as…
Interview with Leonhard Birnbaum: “The network is at its limit” – Eon boss sounds the alarm
The head of the energy company announces a 27 billion euro investment package, sees the power grid at the “performance limit” and warns of cyber attacks. .source site
Exhaust gas manipulation: consumer advocates leave diesel plaintiffs alone
Despite the great success compared with Volkswagen, the consumer association only sued a car manufacturer in one other case. Diesel plaintiffs and lawyers are looking for alternatives. .source site
Electricity & gas: energy costs in Spain
Madrid The Spanish government does not have a reputation for attracting attention with reform initiatives in the EU. In the debate about the high price of electricity, however, things are…
Country does not want to produce gas
Dune landscape in Lower Saxony The natural gas field is located near the EU bird sanctuary “Lower Saxony Wadden Sea”. (Photo: imago images / Priller & Maug) Berlin The N05-A…
New sanctions are coming – Lukashenko threatens to boycott gas
Brussels The helpers come secretly, they bring water and hot soup, pillows and blankets for the people in the Polish-Belarusian border area. Several thousand refugees are staying here in the…
Renewable energies spoil Siemens Energy’s balance sheet
Munich, Düsseldorf The red numbers in the business with renewable energies brought the DAX newcomer Siemens Energy losses in its first year as an independent company. In fiscal year 2020/21…
Prospects for additional gas deliveries are increasing
Berlin It sounded like a signal of détente: Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced that the Russian Gazprom group would be sending more natural gas to Europe in November. In…
Is a full circular economy possible?
Dusseldorf Humans extract more than 100 billion tons of raw materials such as oil, gas and metals from the earth every year – but only around nine percent of them…
We can still turn things around
The world seems to have strayed from the course: The effects of man-made climate change are enormous and are already bringing numerous regions to the brink of catastrophe. Extreme weather…
The interplay between the energy transition and geopolitics
The energy transformation leads to serious geopolitical upheavals. The International Organization for Renewable Energies (Irena) already showed these consequences in 2019 in the groundbreaking report “A New World”. The transformation…
+++ Climate Summit +++: UN Report: Poorer countries have too little money for climate adaptation – China’s share of global greenhouse gas emissions rose sharply in 2020
18 states want to end investments in coal +++ Von der Leyen apparently flies 50 kilometers in a private jet +++ Climate protectors criticize previous announcements of the summit +++…
Climate hazard methane gas: companies plan to reduce emissions
Laying a natural gas pipeline in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Methane leaks cause massive damage to the climate. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Reducing CO2 emissions is the order of the day. This week…
Energy: The gas illusion: Why fewer gas power plants don’t mean more climate protection
Environmentalists are calling for natural gas to be phased out. Germany needs not fewer, but more gas-fired power plants – also with a view to the future hydrogen economy. .source…
Dispute over new natural gas pipelines
Natural gas pipeline The Eugal pipeline connects the natural gas receiving station in Lubmin near Greifswald with the gas pressure control and gas measuring system in Deutschneudorf (Saxony) near the…
The Schmu with the tree plants – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
A year ago, the wave of outrage about Corona was great: too few good tests, no vaccine. Other countries did better. Now everything is there, the shortage is no longer…
Energy: The gas illusion: Why Germany needs more gas power plants
Environmentalists are calling for natural gas to be phased out. Germany needs not fewer, but more gas-fired power plants – also with a view to the future hydrogen economy. .source…